Gewirth: Critical Essays on Action, Rationality, and Community

by Michael Boylan

As one of the most important ethicists to emerge since the Second World War, Alan Gewirth continues to influence philosophical debates concerning morality. In this ground-breaking book, Gewirth's neo-Kantianism, and the communitarian problems discussed, form a dialogue on the foundation of moral theory. Themes of agent-centered constraints, the formal structure of theories, and the relationship between freedom and duty are examined along with such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847692582
• ISBN13: 9780847692583
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"